Sign-board



(Io Model.)l G. B. WILBUR.

SIGN BOARD.

No. 252,408. i Patented Jan. 17,1882.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE B. VVILBUILOF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

sien-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming-'part of Letters Patent No. 252,408, dated January17, 1882.

` @png-ation inea Augusta, Iasi. (No model.)

" Directory, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a means for indicating thenames of persons or tirms occupying chambers or stores in a block ofbuildings bounded by certain streets. Iaccomplish this objeotby themediumillustra-ted in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is afront elevation. Fig. 2 isa side sectional elevation taken on the line.10, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a top view with hinged stops and binding-rod 'inposition. Fig. 4 is a transverse view with hinged stops thrown back.

Heretof'ore it has been very diliicult to find persons, firms, andcorporations occupying chambers, rooms, and stores in blocks, leading'to much inquiring and travel around a block y of buildings in search ofthe person or persons wanted; but by means oi' my improved signboard orblock-directory these objections are overcome, and the occupantfoundwithout l trouble or delay.

In order to carry out my invention, I construct my sign-holder ordirectory in compartments A, bounded by the vertical cleatB andtransverse intersecting cleats B. These spaces or compartments :are openat their louter ends for the purpose "of introducing painted signs,giving the nameof occupant, together with number and business in theblock of that side of the street upon which the directory is placed. Thesigns C are held inposition Within their recesses by rabbets made in thecleats.

` be placed any printed direction.

' In order to guard against misplacement or `Willt'ul vandalism, Iprovide stops D D, which are hinged to each side of the sign-boardordirectory, andwhen opened outwardly the inner face `of the stop willbe ona plane withthe face .of the directory, so that the sign may betaken out and replaced or reversed in case of removal. 1n the lattercase the place oi removal of the person is painted upon the back of thesign previously occupied by him. When these stops are closed they shutover the outer ends of all the signs in the directory, and a bindingrod, E, passes through theirupper ends,to one end of which a lock or.set-screw may be attached so as to prevent tampering with the signs. Arelalarm or otherglass-covered box, F, is made in the lower portion ofthe frame, in which may Myblock-directory I place upon the diagonalcorners of buildings at each .intersecting street, and affix itpermanently to the wall of the building in plain sight of pedestrians,so that any person may consult the directory.

Having thus described my invention, What I cla-im, and desire to' secureby Letters Patent, isr In a sign board or holder, the combination, withthe hinged stops D D, of a binding rod, E, passedd through the ends ot'said stops and 'adapted to be securely locked, substantially as C. W. M.SMITH, CEAS. E. KELLY.

